• Short Summary

    Funeral of Australian Air Force hero - Flight Sergeant Middleton V.C. of this war.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "PASSING OF A V.C. HERO".

    England.

    Various shots of funeral procession of first Australian Air Force V.C. (Victoria Cross) Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton. It makes its way through his station somewhere in England (probably RAF Mildenhall). Various shots of the full military funeral service at St John's Churchyard, Beck Row, Suffolk. The service ends with a salute from the rifles and The Last Post (natural sound).

    (Mute & Track Negs.)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1075.29
    Media URN:
    37923
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    15/02/1943
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:01:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:51:03:00 / 01:52:04:00
    Canister:
    43/13

Comments (3)

  1. Unknown user says

    The funeral seen here is for Flight Sergeant (later posthumously promoted to Pilot Officer) Rawdon Middleton VC.

    The "unknown churchyard" is St John's Churchyard, Beck Row, Suffolk (confirmation of that fact at the bottom of this page here.....
    www.ww2australia.gov.au/raaf/

    The peaked structure seen at 00:15 is the Lych Gate there. It's still there today, I've checked it on Google maps!

    The RAF station at the start is likely to be RAF Mildenhall, where Middleton was stationed.

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  2. Unknown user says

    Thanks very much indeed!

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  3. Unknown user says

    My Dad WO Pilgrim drilled marchers at this funeral and I have many personal photos of the funeral

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